ENGLISH ELECTROPLATE SILVER

MARKS AND HALLMARKS OF ENGLISH SILVER PLATE

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The two common forms of plated silver are Sheffield plate and silverplate/electroplate.
Sheffield Plate is a cheaper substitute for sterling, produced by fusing sheets of silver to the top and bottom of a sheet of copper or base metal. This 'silver sandwich' was then worked into finished pieces. At first it was only put on one side and later was on top and bottom.
Modern electroplating was invented by Italian chemist Luigi V. Brugnatelli in 1805. Brugnatelli used his colleague Alessandro Volta's invention of five years earlier, the voltaic pile, to facilitate the first electrodeposition. Unfortunately, Brugnatelli's inventions were repressed by the French Academy of Sciences and did not become used in general industry for the following thirty years.
Silver plate or electroplate is formed when a thin layer of pure or sterling silver is deposited electrolytically on the surface of a base metal. By 1839, scientists in Britain and Russia had independently devised metal deposition processes similar to Brugnatelli's for the copper electroplating of printing press plates.
Soon after, John Wright of Birmingham, England, discovered that potassium cyanide was a suitable electrolyte for gold and silver electroplating.
Wright's associates, George Elkington and Henry Elkington were awarded the first patents for electroplating in 1840. These two then founded the electroplating industry in Birmingham England from where it spread around the world.
Common base metals include copper, brass, nickel silver - an alloy of copper, zinc and nickel - and Britannia metal - a tin alloy with 5-10% antimony.
Electroplated materials are often stamped EPNS for electroplated nickel or silver, or EPBM for electroplated Britannia metal.
THE DIRECTORY OF BRITISH ELECTROPLATED SILVER MAKERS: Ta-Uz
MAKER'S HISTORY
& MARK'S IMAGE
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Taunton & Johnson - Birmingham Taunton & Johnson - Birmingham TAUNTON & JOHNSON
Birmingham
William Tay & Sons Ltd - Birmingham William Tay & Sons Ltd - Birmingham WILLIAM TAY & SONS LTD
Birmingham
Active at 30/34 Leopold Street, Birmingham. London Offices: 24 Garlick Hill, EC. Listed Exhibitor at the 1922 British Industries Fair as Manufacturers of Electro-plated and Nickel Silver Spoons and Forks, Cased Goods, Presentation Canteens, Home and Export. The firm used the trade mark MEDALLION
F.B. Thomas & Co - London F.B. Thomas & Co - London F.B. THOMAS & CO
London
A retail and manufacturing silversmith business established in 1759 by John William Thomas. Became F.B. Thomas & Co in 1871 when Francis Boone Thomas took the control of the firm. The business was closed in 1943 c.
Albert Henry Thompson - Sheffield Albert Henry Thompson - Sheffield ALBERT HENRY THOMPSON
Sheffield
Active at 10-16 Regent St, Sheffield (1886-1911)
E.L. Thompson & Co - Sheffield E.L. THOMPSON & CO
Sheffield
Edward Landers Thompson active at 22 Mary St. (1883-1886), Central works, 98 West St. (1887-1909) 12 Wostenholm Rd. 1(1910-1914)
Thornhill - London WALTER THORNHILL
London

The firm established in 1734 by Joseph Gibbs changed its style in early 19th century to Morley & Thornhill. The firm changed to Thornhill & Co (1820), Walter Thornhill (1850), Walter Thornhill & Co (1875) Walter Thornhill & Co Ltd (1895) and Walter Thornhill & Co (1905).
Frederick Ellis Timm & Co - Sheffield Frederick Ellis Timm & Co - Sheffield FREDERICK ELLIS TIMM & CO
Sheffield

11 Hawley Croft (1850-1863), 10 Regent St. (1864-1886), 9 Eyre Lane (1887-1896), Surrey Lane (1897-1910), 137-139 Arundel St (1810-1918). Originally he traded solely out of Belfield St. (c 1858-1860) specialising in handles and cups. Herbert Timm, 23 Orchard Lane (1889-1893) Formerly of Roberts & Timm he went on to form Jenkins & Timm in 1894


James Walter Tiptaft - Birmingham JAMES WALTER TIPTAFT
Birmingham
Founded in 1882 by James Walter Tiptaft who went in partnership with his son Norman in 1909. The firm was sold to Blanckensee in the late 1930s.
A F & J Tofield - Sheffield A.F & J. TOFIELD
Sheffield
Alfred Francis Tofield active at 113 Eldon St., 1884-1886. From 1887 to 1900 teamed up with James Tofield as A F & J Tofield
George Travis & Co (possibly) - Sheffield George Travis & Co - Sheffield George Travis & Co - Sheffield GEORGE TRAVIS & CO
Sheffield
Formerly Russel & Travis. George Travis & Co active at Clarence Works 69 Charles St. Sheffield (1864-1867) and at 13 Bath St. (1867-1908). Later converted into Travis Wilson & Co Ltd (1908-1967)
Travis Wilson & Co - Sheffield TRAVIS WILSON & CO LTD
Sheffield
Succeded to George Wilson & Co. Active at Clarence Works, Bath Street, Sheffield (1908-1967)
Thomas Turner & Co - Sheffield Thomas Turner & Co - Sheffield THOMAS TURNER & CO
Sheffield
Active in electroplating from 1883 at Suffolk Works, 1 Suffolk Rd, Sheffield (1867-1940). Became T. Turner & Co Ltd in 1916
John Turton & Co - Sheffield John Turton & Co - Sheffield John Turton & Co - Sheffield John Turton & Co - Sheffield John Turton & Co - Sheffield John Turton & Co - Sheffield John Turton & Co - Sheffield John Turton & Co - Sheffield John Turton & Co - Sheffield JOHN TURTON
JOHN TURTON & CO
JOHN TURTON & CO LTD
Sheffield
John Turton, active 1876-1898 at 23-24 Times Building Bow St. Sheffield. Became John Turton & Co and was converted into a limited liability company in 1910. Active at Kendal Works 57 Arundel St. Sheffield (1898-1916)
John Tyler - Sheffield JOHN TYLER
Sheffield
Active at New Brunswick St (1836-1869), starting electroplating in 1861. The business was took over by his son William Tyler in 1870 (until 1900). In 1901 the firm became William Tyler & Sons (until 1929)
George Unite - Birmingham GEORGE UNITE
Birmingham
Business established in 1825 in Birmingham by George Unite. The firm was listed as George Unite & Sons (1865-1928) and as George Unite Sons & Lyde Ltd from 1928
Vale  & Charles - Birmingham VALE & CHARLES
Birmingham
Vale Brothers & Sermon - Birmingham VALE BROTHERS & SERMON
Birmingham
Active at Spencer St, Birmingham
Viners - Sheffield Viners - Sheffield Viners - Sheffield Viners - Sheffield Viners - Sheffield Viners - Sheffield Viners - Sheffield Viners - Sheffield Viners - Sheffield Viners - Sheffield VINERS
Sheffield

The business was started around 1901 by Adolphe Viener, and his sons. Viners bought two ancient Sheffield firms of cutlers: Thomas Turner and Harrison Bro. & Howson. Other factories were in Hong Kong and Japan. Its production was distributed in the United States through Raimond Silver Mfg. Co Inc. One of the Sons Ruben Viner became the driving force and the firm prospered in the 1960 with a modern factory in Sheffield and subsidiaries in Ireland, France and Australia. But as the business grew far eastern imports started to flood in to the UK from the mid 1970s. They started importing cutlery to finish and Stamp "Made in Sheffield" on but the loans for the expansion were crippling the firm and they went bust in 1985. The brand is now owned by US based Oneida, the world's largest cutlery company.
P.H. Vogel & Co - Birmingham P.H. Vogel & Co - Birmingham P.H. VOGEL & CO
Birmingham

E.P.N.S. (Electroplated Nickel Silver) and EPBM (Electroplated Britannia Metal) are the most common names attributed to silver plate items. But many other names are used for silver plate:
EPWM - Electroplate on White Metal, EPC - Electroplate on Copper, Argentium Argentine Plate, Argentum, Ascetic B. B. S. Ltd, Ashberry, Austrian Silver, Brazilian Silver D&A Trademark of Daniel and Arter, Buxbridge - Trademark name of JT&Co., Electrum, Encore TT&Co Trademark of T. Turner, Exquisite, HH&S , I.XL Geo. Wostenholm & Son, Insignia Plate, JB&S EP A1, JD&S = John Dixon & Sons, K & TL , M&W Mappin and Webb, N.S. New Silver, Nevada Silver D&A Trademark of Daniel and Arter, Norwegian Silver; Trademark of WG&S, Pelican Silver JGNS, Potosi Silver N&S WP, RN&S EP Neill, Silverite = Trademark of W P & Co , Sonora Silver = Trademark of Walker and Hall, Spur Silver = Trademark of E B & Co for Edwin Blyde & Co, Stainless N. S., Stainless Nickel, Stainless Nickel Silver, Venetian Silver - Trademark of Deykin & Sons, WF&SS EP
STERLING SILVER OF ENGLAND, SCOTLAND AND IRELAND
ALPHABETICAL LISTING OF
MAKER'S MARKS
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ALPHABETICAL LISTING OF
MAKER'S MARKS
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Moskow hallmark St Petersburg hallmark official marks - legge 5 Febbraio 1935 Paris 1818/1838 hallmarkParis 1797/1809 hallmark London town mark Sheffield town mark
Russian silver marks Italian silver marks French silver marks English silver marks
German silver hallmark Hanau silver hallmark Austrian silver hallmark Sanborn/Mexico silver mark Joseph Kopf: Tallinn silver mark
 Germany  Hanau  Austria  Mexico  Latvia - Estonia
Pelton Bros. Silver Plate Co. hallmarkRogers & Bro. - Waterbury CT hallmark Mappin & Webb hallmarkWalker & Hall hallmark Devices of Old Sheffiel Plate Herrmann factory silver plate mark
American Silver Plate marks English Electroplate silver marks Old Sheffied Plate marks Continental European silver plate marks
Elkington hallmark Peter Charles Faberge mark Georg Jensen hallmark 1945-1951 Gorham Athenic hallmark Tiffany hallmarks WMF hallmarks Reed & Barton mark Mappin & Webb mark Hester Bateman mark Wiener Werkstatte monogram
Elkington
Fabergé
Georg Jensen
Gorham
Tiffany & Co
WMF
Reed & Barton
Mappin & Webb
Bateman
Wiener Werkstatte
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